oldlakey
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1 minute ago, owl sees all said:
Very droll OL. Attempt at humour. Like it!
We had to get to the Vehicle Licencing Centre (VLC) on Sakon Nakon Road. I was carrying the little one (just a few months old then) in Ban Dung and she was sick down my T-shirt. The wife said not to worry we could get a new shirt at Non Han (on the way) to VLC. Got stopped and paid up. Been done for more for less.
I remember it well slightly different though, I used to get it all down my back when getting the wind up
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1 minute ago, owl sees all said:
I was stopped driving our pick-up without wearing a shirt. 40 baht fine! Between Non Mek and Ban Dung. 7 years ago.
Well I hope you had your strides on
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13 minutes ago, grollies said:
I'm an ex-merchant seafarer, not a beach person either.
I was once on a Lowestoft trawler when we hit the quay side, on our way out of dock 5555
Not to hard mind you but a quick inspection and we were on our way to the dogger bank
It was a good fifty years ago mind you, I think it was named the Sawfish or maybe the Crayfish
Not happy days and close enough to the beach for me
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2 minutes ago, ChiangMaiLightning2143 said:
Recall reading of shirtless tourists being finned, (of all times during Songkhran)
It must be an "outrage to public decency" under Thai law.
4 minutes ago, ChiangMaiLightning2143 said:Recall reading of shirtless tourists being finned, (of all times during Songkhran)
It must be an "outrage to public decency" under Thai law.
easy money
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2 hours ago, grollies said:As someone said previously it is not pleasant to see sweaty armpit hair, arse-crack, etc when out shopping or eating out. Have a sense of propriety please
I would suggest that you are certainly correct in what you say
But I would also offer up the suggestion that there are many more things that are much more worthy of approx 360 posts of froth with slightly differing views
If nothing else this thread proves once again what good value as entertainment value Thaivisa is
Good luck to those who make money or a living out of it
Just for the record I have never gone shirtless anywhere in public since I was about ten years old as I am not a beach person, although my family have the sea in their blood
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1 hour ago, 6thST said:
No Class...
Did you mean, No Class or was that just a typo
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12 minutes ago, swissie said:
To walk around half naked, can not serve as an excuse "because it's hot".
The British have ruled India for a long time, wearing "Victorian-Fashion". They died of all kinds of things, but hardly ever of heat-stroke.
To restore respect and superiority: Let's all dress up like Albert and Victoria. The Taxi-Drivers will do battle to drive us around town.
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On the other hand: In a country, where "looks and appearance" is everything, having some half naked Farang-Primates galloping around in public, no wonder they are only respected and measured by the size of their wallet.
But then, maybe they have no other ambition (or option), knowing well, that 99 % of Thai-Ladies would not consider a serious relationship with a Farang-Primate, him preferring to walk around half naked in broad daylight.
Cheers.Victoria and Albert if you dont mind, or its off to the tower for you my lad
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12 hours ago, dbrenn said:
Cheap air travel has unfortunately made it possible for these vile poeple to come to Thailand.
Freddy Laker has got a lot to answer for
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1 hour ago, Trevor1809 said:
Then may be it is time to look at Amazon, Google, Apple et al. It certainly bugs me that a couple or years back I paid moor tax than the UK arm of Facebook with a turnover of circa £110 million.
Maybe its time the UK stopped living beyond its means, until it does we can all get ready one way or another
Its not rocket science now is it
The silver lining is the fact that we are all in it together, Oh hang on that scumbag has moved on now though
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19 minutes ago, midzo said:
No, the US State Department cannot fix everything for every nationality.
What they can do, however, is produce a passport that will survive a momentary dunk in a puddle.
I went swimming while wearing my money belt once. Passport had zero issues once dried.
Actually they cant fix anything, except for their own citizens
Mind you they make plenty of problems for other nationalities
Have a nice day
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8 hours ago, 7by7 said:
Then why not enlighten me and end my confusion?
You self contradictory posts have only added to my confusion!
My POSTS 9 + 11 are self explanatory
You jumped in feet first which led to this confrontation
Whatever else I think or get up to does not concern you
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15 minutes ago, 7by7 said:
Sorry, but now I am totally confused.
Please enlighten me by explaining how closing the loopholes exploited by visitors to the UK who are not entitled to free, non emergency NHS treatment means that
You have been totally confused since you totally misunderstood my first post or had you not noticed
Deal with your own mistake, I have wasted enough time here
Bye Bye
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2 minutes ago, rasg said:
Just because the NHS guidelines require them to do it, doesn’t mean that they do it.
True about GPs but I paid my GP £10 for a letter from our doctor for my wife to use for FLR.
What about the women who come here specifically to have their babies and never pay for the treatment?
It will be a while yet before its as tight as a drum but its coming
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2 minutes ago, 7by7 said:
My post outlines the procedures designed to prevent visitors to the UK from receiving free NHS treatment to which they are not entitled. None of it prevents UK residents, British or not, who are entitled to such treatment from receiving it.
Have you misunderstood my post, or do you think visitors should be entitled to free NHS treatment, or at least be able to exploit loopholes to receive such treatment?
What I believe, and what happens are not the same, but as I say the loopholes are being closed
Simple is it not
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3 minutes ago, 7by7 said:
I agree that some hospitals could do more to check a patient's eligibility for free treatment before treating them in any non emergency situation. Something which the NHS guidelines require them to do.
In most non emergency cases, though, to be treated in a hospital you need to have been referred by a GP.
These days most, if not all, GPs require some form of proof of identity and eligibility, such as a passport or birth certificate, before registering a new patient; particularly if that patient hasn't previously been registered with another practice.
They will eventually close every loophole, and they will have us by the short and curlies
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8 minutes ago, perthperson said:
"Two many drawing out of the pot simply cant be sustained at present level
They will continue to look for more savings and income, with no group overlooked"
There can be no misunderstanding of that hateful statement. You belong to the Keep 'm Out and Deport 'em brigade
I feel really sorry for you, but my sorrow wont last for more than 5 minutes
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33 minutes ago, 7by7 said:
oldlakey you may consider me to be on a high horse, but this is a subject about which I care deeply.
The excessive visa and leave to remain fees introduced by Blair's government and continued since, fees which using the government's own figures are least 4 times the actual processing costs, mean that family migrants and their sponsors' already make a huge profit for the Exchequer.
To demand that family migrants contribute an extra £1100 in total (at the current rate) on top of this is, in my opinion at least, scandalous. A mere sop to the anti immigration lobby; even though it doesn't effect the main target of that lobby, EEA migrants.
Maybe you don't care about that, for one reason or another, but even though my wife and step daughter obtained their ILR before these extortionate fees, let alone the NHS surcharge, were introduced, I do.
I do not have an axe to grind on this particular subject
Only on your misunderstanding of my simple post
Try reading the last line of POST 9 again it might just help
As a matter of fact I have a brother, plus a nephew with two children who are married to Thais
I am well aware of the arduous and obscenely expensive journey to gain a UK passport for the ladies
I fully understand your concern, but please dont make childish assumptions on what I might or might not think based on your initial mistake with my POST 9
Have a nice day
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Just now, 7by7 said:
But their British partner (sponsor) will, otherwise they would not meet the financial requirement for the initial visa, FLR and then ILR.
Why? If someone is working and paying tax, why should they not receive the benefits of the tax they, and their partner, are paying?
Visitors are excluded from free NHS treatment, except initial emergency care in an A&E department and a few other exceptions. We are talking about the family members of British citizens who have come to the UK to settle, not visitors.
Do you include the British children of British citizens in that?
After all, they have never paid into the pot.
You may, rightly, argue that their parents have; but so have the British partners of those entering the UK with a view to settlement!
Now listen just get off your high horse, I dont personally include anybody in anything
My comment was on the present Financial situation in the UK and nothing else
Its called reality you should try a dose of it sometime
No pension upgrade, the next thing to expect is an attack on the Personal Tax Allowance
The cannon fodder are always first in line, forget any talk about we are all in this together
Hopefully thats cleared the air
Good day to you Sir
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9 hours ago, theoldgit said:
Two points here, the NHS is funded from general taxation, nobody pays into the NHS system.
Many spouses arriving in the UK actually work and will pay tax, and thus will have made a contribution to the NHS coffers, so will be effectively paying for their NHS cover twice.
Two many drawing out of the pot simply cant be sustained at present level
They will continue to look for more savings and income, with no group overlooked
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1 minute ago, Gandtee said:
I agree. No use complaining, but that does not mean you should not try to rectify the situation by sending off letters to all and sundry. In this instance I can't accept the advice given to the Colonial Ladies. 'When being raped, lay back and think of England'!
The way things are going it wont be long before they try and cut us adrift altogether
We are nothing but a financial millstone around their neck
Past performance counts for nothing with politicians
And as for anything Victorian, I much prefer tipping the velvet
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25 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:
Passport renewal every ten years, frozen pensions, inability to open an onshore bank account, inability to access the services of an onshore IFA, loss of NHS services, yet taxes and NI paid in full for 50 years and country served via time in the armed forces........I expect he might say!
I am in full agreement with what you say
I am in the same boat
I would point out its too late to complain now, because if you did not know what was in store for you, you should have
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3 minutes ago, tomwct said:
That big tattoo on her chest. She must have been drunk when she allowed that to happen.
Its known as a steep learning curve
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4 minutes ago, tardelli said:
worldwide psychologists says that % 80 tattooed people are generally lower in intelligence and have low standards .
Well that would explain why she is trying to get rid of it, she must think she is upwardly mobile
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7 minutes ago, maprao said:
I don't get Thai girls obsession with ink. Tramp stamp!
I blame D. Beckham
Shirtless Farangs
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I would suggest you live and let live, as a smack in the mouth often offends